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Here's the next thing to do. I'm no longer happy to click on a link and see that I've just contributed to x.com's fortune. So I added these to my hosts file (actually PiHole for me). You may want to do the same:
0.0.0.0 abs-0.twimg.com
0.0.0.0 abs.twimg.com
0.0.0.0 api.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 blog.twitter.co
0.0.0.0 cdn.cms-twdigitalassets.com
0.0.0.0 developers.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 fonts.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 help.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 mobile.twitter.co
0.0.0.0 mobile.twitter.co.uk
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0.0.0.0 mobile.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 mobile.twitter.com.au
0.0.0.0 pbs.twimg.com
0.0.0.0 platform.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 syndication.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 t.co
0.0.0.0 twitter.co
0.0.0.0 twitter.co.uk
0.0.0.0 twitter.com
0.0.0.0 twitter.com.au
0.0.0.0 video.twimg.com
0.0.0.0 www.twitter.co
0.0.0.0 www.twitter.co.uk
0.0.0.0 www.twitter.com
0.0.0.0 www.twitter.com.au
0.0.0.0 x.com

So now, even if I click a link, I will never go to x.com

@codeWhisperer I'm using Windscribe's R.O.B.E.R.T. to blackhole all social media sites and then whitelisting as necessary. After 35 years of being a computer scientist and avid technologist I am more and more of the mind that social media and the Internet in general has begun to tip the scales *against* humanity rather than advancing the moral landscape. On balance, we're still a bunch of selfish, easily manipulated beings who've done some amazing things but not nearly enough.

@LnzyHou @codeWhisperer it's already started. In a couple decades we'll have the "AI Wars" with most average humans losing outright.

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